Making it up

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I’m very pleased to introduce the latest site to be featured on the Mona Lisa Million Project – Making it up This post is dedicated entirely to this one site because it sponsors one of only 956 sections of a One Million Pixel image of the Mona Lisa (R3/50). Through sponsorship of these sections sites [...]

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Get a link from the Mona Lisa

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Hi, you should see me back on twitter shortly trawlingh for people who want to be linked from the Mona Lisa. It’s still possible to purchase sponsorship and know that 25% will be donated to good causes. If you purchase sponsorship there’s a good chance that you’ll get on the leaderboard of the top 10 [...]

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Gastric flu is awesome

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I’m currently into the idea of doing awesome things as often as I possibly can. As reserved and understated Englishman with a stiff upper lip, using the word ‘awesome’ doesn’t come easily especially if it’s being used to describe ordinary everyday events, but why not? Why don’t we think of ordinary everyday events as being [...]

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I’m Positively Happy About My New Direction

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I’m going for a new direction! I feel this site has been pretty lacklustre lately because, frankly, I’ve been a little lacklustre! So I feel the need to change direction, shake things up and make them dance. The core of what I’m doing is the same – helping good causes with donations from the Mona [...]

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Daily Update Thursday 18 November 2010

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Hi, it was great yesterday to get back to promoting your websites. I got myself back on Twitter and mentioned yesterday’s sites MummyTips and Thinly Spread and was delighted when Sian @MummyTips and Chris @ChristineMosler retweeted my message. It reminded me of what it is I’m trying to achieve for the sponsors of this project. [...]

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Daily Update Wednesday 17 November 2010

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There are 67 sites associated with this project, and today I want to highlight two more of those sites. I’m playing catch up here because these sites and a handful of others showed their interest in the project some time ago, but the way I had it set up just didn’t work – I’ve listened [...]

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Have Your Say – November 2010 Good Causes

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Hi, this process has been revamped and has now been published as Charity Challenge Number 1. Please vist the link for full details. Hi, please note that this poll is still active but will shortly be re-branded as the Charity Challenge and published on a new page. You can still vote for the five charities [...]

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$50 Donated to NCT – National Childbirth Trust

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There were two nominations for October’s Good Cause each receiving a donation of $50, and one of them was The NCT. The NCT, also known as the National Childbirth Trust, is UK’s leading charity for parents. Every year they support thousands of people through the incredible life changing experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. [...]

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The Mona Lisa Million Update 8 November 2010

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I love helping people, I always have and that’s why at an early age a undertook a vocational career. And if you ever want to know what I did then email me and ask me – but I can’t talk about it openly). If you’ve read a little bit around the site you may know [...]

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Nominate November’s Good Cause

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The nominations are closed now as I have the five I needed, but please continue to read to get an idea of what we’re doing here and how you can be part of this. Is there a good cause close to your heart? A cause you feel very strongly about? Perhaps a cause that doesn’t [...]

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notSupermum & The Mona Lisa Million

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notSupermum notSupermum was added to the Mona Lisa on 28th February 2010 A personal blog from a “Single parent mum. Two beautiful daughters. Reformed chocoholic. In training to be a nun. Happily divorced from the angry ex. Life is good.” To find out more go directly to the site by clicking the image below. On [...]

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Daily Update Tuesday 2nd November 2010

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I admit it. I was pants during October. I know I was pants and everyone else knows I was pants. But what can you do except pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get on with it? I mentioned yesterday that I’m working on the principle that actions speak louder than words, so instead of [...]

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Homeschooling 911 & The Mona Lisa Million

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Homeschooling 911 Homeschooling 911 was added to the Mona Lisa on November 1st 2010 – section R3/12. This site from Anne Galivan is Your Comprehensive Home Schooling Resource. Anne is a mother of four and has 20 years experience in homeschooling. To find out more go directly to the site by clicking the image below [...]

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A bit of housekeeping

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It’s November! Hurrah! Last month I left it until the last few days before inviting nominations for the October Good Cause. Crazy! I’m not sure where my head was in October but for the most part I felt it was absent without leave. In the end I decided not to put the nominations to the [...]

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Nominate the ‘October Good Cause’

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Right! Let’s do it. We’re running against a deadline but frankly that adds to the fun. It’s nearly the end of October and I’ve totally neglected to deal with the nominations for October’s good cause. I’m a bad boy but there’ll be no recriminations and self-flagellation, that’s such a colossal waste of time. It’s far [...]

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Mona Lisa Million Project Daily Update: Wednesday 20 October 2010

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Hi, I’ve had a busy week with the Mona Lisa Million Project but most of it has happened behind the scenes. I’m in business… I’m so pleased that I went into the bank last week because it ended up with me meeting the Business Manager on Monday and setting up a business account. This was [...]

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Homeschooling 911

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It’s a pleasure to introduce to you the latest site to be featured on the Mona Lisa Million Project – Homeschooling 911. This post is dedicated entirely to this one site because it sponsors one of only 956 sections of a One Million Pixel image of the Mona Lisa. Through sponsorship of these sections sites [...]

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